SunSmart Accreditation and Use of a Professional Policy Drafting Service: Both Positively and Independently Associated with High Sun Protective Hat Scores Derived from Primary School Policies
Table 1
Distribution of school characteristics by response status.
School characteristics
All eligible schools (N = 2,010)
Responding schools (N = 1,242)
Policy (N = 1,137)
Policy accessed (N = 842)
n
%
n
%
n
%
n
%
Integration status
Partnership
4
0.20
2
0.16
0
0.00
0
0.00
Private
69
3.43
40
3.22
29
2.55
14
1.66
State
1,678
83.48
1,039
83.66
967
85.05
734
87.17
State-integrated
259
12.89
161
12.96
141
12.40
94
11.16
Socioeconomic decile
1 (lowest)–3 (low)
559
27.81
316
25.44
281
24.71
206
24.47
4–7 (medium)
768
38.21
479
38.57
452
39.75
333
39.55
8(high)–10 (highest)
654
32.54
431
34.70
394
34.65
299
35.51
Missing data
29
1.44
16
1.29
10
0.88
4
0.48
Type
Composite (1–10 years)
2
0.10
2
0.16
1
0.09
0
0.00
Composite (1–15 years)
113
5.62
68
5.48
51
4.49
30
3.56
Restricted composite (7–10 years)
5
0.25
3
0.24
2
0.18
1
0.12
Contributing (1–6 years)
761
37.86
488
39.29
459
40.37
356
42.28
Full primary (1–8 years)
1,012
50.35
615
49.52
572
50.31
432
51.31
Intermediate (7–8 years)
117
5.82
66
5.31
52
4.57
23
2.73
Type (dichotomised)
Primary and secondary
120
5.97
73
5.88
54
4.75
31
3.68
Primary
1890
94.03
1169
94.12
1083
95.25
811
96.32
Overall roll size
Less than 51
296
14.73
166
13.37
150
13.19
112
13.30
51–200
706
35.12
459
36.96
423
37.20
328
38.95
201–400
549
27.31
337
27.13
309
27.18
226
26.84
Greater than 400
452
22.49
275
22.14
251
22.08
175
20.78
Missing data
7
0.35
5
0.40
4
0.35
1
0.12
Gender status
Single sex (girls)
10
0.50
8
0.64
4
0.35
2
0.24
Single sex (boys)
9
0.45
7
0.56
5
0.44
2
0.24
Coeducational
1,991
99.05
1,227
98.79
1,128
99.21
838
99.52
Geographic region (N to S)a
Northland/Auckland
564
28.06
333
26.81
291
25.59
175
20.78
Waikato/Bay of Plenty
355
17.66
213
17.15
203
17.85
180
21.38
Central Districts
343
17.06
198
15.94
179
15.74
119
14.13
Wellington/Tasman
283
14.08
189
15.22
170
14.95
126
14.96
Canterbury/West Coast
272
13.53
185
14.90
180
15.83
154
18.29
Otago/Southland
193
9.60
124
9.98
114
10.03
88
10.45
Population density statusb
Rural (<1,000)
616
30.65
378
30.43
351
30.87
268
31.83
Minor urban (1,000–9,999)
216
10.75
139
11.19
129
11.35
107
12.71
Secondary urban (10,000–30,000)
112
5.57
75
6.04
67
5.89
60
7.13
Main urban (>30,000)
1,061
52.79
647
52.09
588
51.72
406
48.22
Missing data
5
0.25
3
0.24
2
0.18
1
0.12
Accredited
Yes
826
41.09
562
45.25
551
48.46
527
62.59
No
1,184
58.91
680
54.75
586
51.54
315
37.41
a Cancer Society Divisions. b Ministry of Education categories.
